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abouta

US/əˈbaʊtə/

abouta is the contraction of about to.

Meaning of about to

Phrase

about to

  1. (idiomatic, verb, with infinitive) Indicates something that will happen very soon; indicates action that is imminent; ready to; went to
    • He's standing at the edge, and I think he's about to jump.
  2. (Canada, informal) Indicates that one has no intention of doing the stated thing at any time in the future.
    • I'm not about to let the lockdown stop me from going to the beach every day.
  3. (obsolete) Indicates that one is preparing or planning to do the stated thing at some time in the future, not necessarily imminently.

Origin of abouta

Written form of a relaxed pronunciation of about to. Common in and possibly originated in African-American Vernacular English, but is used more broadly today.

Questions about abouta

What is abouta the contraction of?
Abouta is the contraction of about to.
How do you pronounce abouta?
Abouta is pronounced /əˈbaʊtə/ (US).

Words near abouta in the dictionary

  1. about-sledges
  2. about-turn
  3. about-turned
  4. about-turning
  5. about-turns
  6. abouta
  7. aboutcha
  8. aboutchu
  9. aboute
  10. abouted
  11. aboutes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: abouta (page history and authors); about to (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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